Many uninstall programs leave traces of the original program
behind.
Your profile folder is in C:\Documents and
Settings\Owner\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ky2x3ez2.default
(Substitute your own user
name) and contains the info you're talking about.
I assume it wasn't removed during the uninstall, hence the
sameness.
By the way, I've begun to prefer FF since I got IE7. With
FF, the text
gets larger with the scroll wheel, with IE7 the whole damn
page gets
bigger such that I have to scroll sideways. Who thought that
one up?
Harold B. wrote:
> Hello again,
>
> How is this possible? I wanted to remove Firefox (some
of the web pages are
> coming in with unuaually small size font necessitating
holding down Ctrl and
> moving the mouse wheel), and then re-install it to see
if there is any
> improvement. I deleted all references to Firefox with a
search, and then to
> make sure, using RegSeeker, I removed all references to
Firefox from the
> Registry.
>
> Now after re-installing Firefox (without any changes in
the configurations),
> it is exactly how I had it before the deletions ---
same bookmarks, same
> bookmark toolbar, and same homepage. Unfortunately same
problem exists with
> the font size but that might be because I had removed
many fonts from the font
> folder that I never use (with due consideration for
those fonts that are
> absolutely needed for Windows to operate).
>
> Basic question is how is it possitle that a totally new
install gives me my
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